PREFACE. 



Theke is one pleasure this leaf of my volume yearly affords me 

 which to me is more grateful than any other reward I can reap from 

 my many labours of the year gone by — the right to express my 

 own heartfelt good wishes to my own many good friends. I wish 

 them all happiness again, as I hope to do for many a long year to 

 come, — even when my faltering pen shall be nerveless to express it. 



For myself, I write somewhat sadly mindful of many short-com- 

 ings. Goaded by my own impetuous wishes, I have sometimes pro- 

 mised more than time and physical strength would permit me to 

 perform. This is my regret. But these short-comings are my own. 

 The volume which this number closes is not less rich in valuable 

 and novel articles than any that have preceded it. Its pages and its 

 plates and illustrations are far more numerous — and last, not least, 

 my list of friends and contributors is larger and more numerous too. 

 To Professor Owen, Mr. Salter, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Prestwich, Mr. 

 Pengelly, Mr. "Woodward, Mr. Hull, Mr. "Wynne, Mr. Drake, the 

 Rev. Mr. Symonds, the Rev. Mr. Fisher, Mr. Whitaker, Dr. Hector, 

 Mr. Roberts, Mr. Powrie, Mr. Marston, Mr. Markham, the Rev. Dr. 

 Anderson, Mr. Macalister, Mr. Charles Moore, Mr. Salmon, Mr. C. 

 Pratt, Lt. Hutton, Col. Nelson, Admiral Wauchope, Mr. Whiteaves, 

 Mr. G. W. Stow, Dr. Rubidge, Mr. James Wyatt, Mr. C. C. Blake, 

 Mr. J. Yates, Mr. Seeley, Mr. Plant, Mr. Sorby, Mr. T. Rupert 

 Jones, Professor Ramsay, and Mrs. Acworth, my special thanks are 



